# Blaire (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/blaire/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Blair, Blayre |
| US babies named this | 8,070 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 111 / 7,959 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 138, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 123 | 1,703 |
| 2012 | 121 | 1,715 |
| 2013 | 160 | 1,421 |
| 2014 | 196 | 1,241 |
| 2015 | 215 | 1,172 |
| 2016 | 288 | 949 |
| 2017 | 294 | 910 |
| 2018 | 321 | 845 |
| 2019 | 386 | 732 |
| 2020 | 426 | 673 |
| 2021 | 463 | 641 |
| 2022 | 542 | 561 |
| 2023 | 587 | 518 |
| 2024 | 699 | 446 |
| 2025 | 802 | 384 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6 | 7,518 |
| 1993 | 5 | 8,842 |
| 1994 | 5 | 8,935 |
| 1996 | 5 | 9,153 |
| 1999 | 5 | 10,079 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,520 |
| 2014 | 5 | 12,327 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,519 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,403 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9,698 |
| 2021 | 6 | 10,977 |
| 2022 | 10 | 7,834 |
| 2023 | 10 | 7,810 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,046 |
| 2025 | 7 | 9,842 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,685 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,640 |
| 2024 | 27 | 1,230 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,512 |

## People named Blaire

- Blaire White, American YouTuber and political commentator

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.